NOTE: American Grizzlies Uniteddoes not believe that the entire NSA should be shut down at this time. AGU is more about reforming and restoring appropriate government on every level. However, we agree with our friends in the #Nullify movement on many issues. Like many Americans, we share their concerns about the NSA’s activities. The NSA has a difficult job that requires a lot of personal responsibility. At this time there are legitimate concerns being raised by citizens that the NSA should answer. Perhaps this bill will lead to the answers that concerned citizens deserve to hear. – Thomas

In his SOTU proclamation address President Obama arrogantly lectured the subjects citizens of America about using his pen and his phone to circumvent congress to create new laws.

Well…we’ve got pens and phones too Mr. President, and we intend to use them.

Our friends in the #Nullify Movement have some fast and easy ways to put our pens and our phones to good use:

California Action Steps

STATUS: SB828 was referred to the Committee on Public Safety where it will need to pass by majority vote before the full Senate can consider it.

YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED NOW. It doesn’t matter where in California you live, take these actions today.

1. Call the Committee Chair, Loni Hancock. Strongly, but respectfully urge her to move this important bipartisan bill forward to a vote in her committee. A phone call has 10x the impact of an email.
(916) 651-4009

2. Call the rest of the committee members. Again, be strong, but respectful. Urge each of them to take action to move the bill forward and vote YES on SB828. If they do not commit to a YES vote, ask them why. If they’re undecided, let them know you’ll call back in a few days.Joel Anderson (R) Vice Chair (916) 651-4036Kevin de Leon (D) (916) 651-4022Steve Knight (R) (916) 651-4021Carol Liu (D) (916) 651-4025Holly Mitchell (D) (916) 651-4026Darrell Steinberg (D) (916) 651-4006

3. Call Back – any NO or UNDECIDED – in 3-4 days. Ask if they’ve had a chance to review the legislation and what their opposition might be. Email us at info@offnow.org with any information you get.

4. on Twitter? Retweet

5. Write a letter to the editor Look up your local newspaper and submit a letter to the editor voicing your support for SB828. Following strong legal principles, it’s essential that California no longer help the federal government spy on all of us. Passing SB828 will make that happen.

6. Group leaders, send a letter to the committee in support. If you are in a leadership role with a grassroots (or other) group within the state of California, send a letter to the full committee expressing your support for SB828. The committee will be influenced to some degree by the number – and type – of groups which send letters. Keep it to one page, as they tend to just keep a list of groups and those in favor or opposed.

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